Friday, 2 January 2015

Who was Daniel whom God gave the power to interpret dreams? Episode 1

EPISODE ONE
DANIEL was a prophet of the tribe of JUDAH. Reading the story of the two prophetic sons of Isaiah that he had with his wife "the prophetess," we can logically place this two sons as spiritual world forces coming from Isaiah to the world with the only purpose of recapturing and channeling the spiritual power from God commended to the Israelites in order to serve God, but, instead they preferred the gods of the world, and the corruption of this spiritual power was used by the forces of evil, mistakenly believing that they were able to do so. God let the Assyrian power to be born and capture the Israelites but God did not let them to destroy Jerusalem. This power came in symbolic way to the Babylonians, since this power was controlled entirely by God, the symbolic entrance of the second son of Isaiah was to personify this Babylonian power and the chance for the people of Judah and Jerusalem to repent and return to the ways of the God of Israel. The prophet Daniel came into action when the people of Judah and Jerusalem came into the hand of the Babylonians.
While many of the exiles were located by the River Chebar (a mighty River in the land of the Chaldeans) outside the city of Babylon, DANIEL and his three companions were selected to recieve special training in Babylonian learning for three years to equip them for governmental service. They were given Babylonian names in order to work with the power assigned to them. Daniel's being BEL TE SHAZZAR, meaning "Protect his life," They were taught in all writing spells and wisdom; and Daniel himself had understanding in all sort of visions and dreams. Not wishing to pollute his spiritual body as an israelite with the world foods alloted, he made a request that their diet be limited to vegetables and water. Examined by the king at the end of the three years, Daniel and his companions, were found to be ten times better than all the magic-practicing priests and conjurers that were at his service.
Daniel 3   King NEBUCHADNEZ' ZAR made an image of gold, whose height was ninety feet and its breadth (wide) nine feet. He set it up in the Plain of Dura, in the Province of Babylon.
The  King NEBUCHADNEZ' ZAR sent to assemble the satraps, prefects, and the governors, the counsellors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the DEDICATION OF THE IMAGE which King NEBUCHADNEZ' ZAR had set up.... and they stood before the image.
 The herald proclaimed aloud, "You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe (flute), lyre, zither (trigon), harp, bag-pipe, and every kind of music, YOU ARE TO FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP THE GOLDEN IMAGE .... and whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.
Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard THE SOUND of the horn, pipe (flute), lyre, zither (trigon), harp, bag-pipe, and every kind of music, ALL THE PEOPLES, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPPED THE GOLDEN IMAGE.
Therefore at that time CERTAIN CHALDE' ANS came forward and MALICIOUSLY ACCUSED the JEWS. They said to King Nebuchadnez' zar, "....There are CERTAIN JEWS whom you have appointed OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THE PROVINCE OF BABYLON: SHADRACH, MESHACH, and ABED'-NEGO. These men, O king, PAY NO HEED TO YOU; THEY DO NOT SERVE YOUR GODS OR WORSHIP THE GOLDEN IMAGE which you have set up."
Then Nebuchadnez' zar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego be brought. Then the certain Chaldeans brought these men before the King.
Nechadnez' zar said to them, "IS IT TRUE, O SHADRACH, MESHACH, and ABED'NEGO, that YOU DO NOT SERVE MY GODS OR WORSHIP THE GOLDEN IMAGE WHICH I HAVE SET UP? Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe (flute), lyre, zither (trigon), harp, bag-pipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well and good; but IF YOU DO NOT WORSHIP, YOU SHALL IMMEDIATELY BE CAST INTO A BURNING FIERY FURNACE; AND WHO IS THE GOD THAT WILL DELIVER YOU OUT OF MY HANDS?"
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego answered the king, "O NEBUCHADNEZ' ZAR, WE HAVE NO NEED TO ANSWER YOU IN THIS MATTER.  IF IT BE SO, OUR GOD WHOM WE SERVE IS ABLE TO DELIVER US FROM THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE; AND HE WILL DELIVER US OUT OF YOUR HAND, O KING.  BUT IF NOT, BE IT KNOWN TO YOU, O KING, THAT WE WILL NOT SERVE YOUR GODS OR WORSHIP THE GOLDEN IMAGE WHICH YOU HAVE SET UP."


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